What's happened to the folks at NatGeo? Has some kind of reality-TV brain-eating virus infected their staff?

Daniel B. Davis 
Archaeologist Coordinator 
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet 
Division of Environmental Analysis 
200 Mero Street 
Frankfort, KY 40622 
(502) 564-7250 or (502) 782-5013


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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of geoff carver
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:21 PM
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Subject: FW: National Geographic show

OK: someone started a petition:
https://www.change.org/petitions/the-national-geographic-channel-the-travel-
channel-spike-tv-stop-airing-their-digger-programs-3


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Ouch. Does anyone else think these two statements are compatible...?

" Untold numbers of soldiers and their weapons remain buried across the vast landscape of World War Two's Eastern Front. Three war diggers are racing against time to save this history from being looted or lost."

"No period of history is left untouched. Kris has dug up Iron Age relics, Roman coins and lots of WW2 / Battle of Britain artifacts, including regimental badges. It was only through metal detecting that Kris became obsessed about the history that surrounds all of us."


They do provide a page on their site about "Responsible Metal Detecting"... 
http://natgeotv.com/za/nazi-war-diggers/responsible-metal-detecting
but I don't see anything about professional archaeological methods, or where these finds will end up.

Does Latvia have unusually lax heritage protection laws...?